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Hello,

My name is Michael and I’m 29 years old oil and gas worker in Scotland. I was diagnosed in 2013 with type 2 diabetes and after some time they diagnosed me type 1.

The doctors then had me back to say they diagnosed me wrong due to me only being able to put 1 unit of insulin into my body a day and still have hypos even if I ate sweet c**p food all day. (Sorry for the language)

I’m now struggling to control my diabetes, my mmol levels are between the 10-15 mark and I need to get them down by June or my company doctor is going to take away my medical certificate.

I’m looking for advice on the correct things to eat. Like what I should stay away from and what is good but keeps me full for longer. And will help take my hba1c to normal. As quick as possible.

Thanks for any help provided
 
Hi there @Edmoondo, what meds if any are you on at the moment?

Carbs in general are responsible for raising your BG levels. Protein and fat tends to keep you full for longer.

What sort of food are you typically eating at the moment.

Another thing to consider is that it is possible to have slow onset T1 which takes a long time to fully develop.

I'd get back to the Dr to see what they say.
 
I’m on 3 glamipiride in the morning and 1 x metoformin at dinner time.

This seems to be working if I don’t eat candy and fizzy juice.

I was told I could have a treat now and again, so I have bought peanuts as a snack which is a healthier option than chocolate or cakes?
 
Edmoondo said:
I’m on 3 glamipiride in the morning and 1 x metoformin at dinner time.

This seems to be working if I don’t eat candy and fizzy juice.

I was told I could have a treat now and again, so I have bought peanuts as a snack which is a healthier option than chocolate or cakes?
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Peanuts, like nuts in general, are good for you, if they're unsalted, not chocolate-covered etc etc, and you don't eat too many - lots of calories. My go-to snack at the moment is peanuts drizzled in lemon juice - yum!

(I know, peanuts aren't officially "nuts" but ... says who? Probably the same people who say that dolphins aren't fish.)
 
I am type 1 and used to eat chocolate, sweets, buns, cakes, biscuits all high sugar so I replaced them all with : apples, oranges, bananas, pears, nuts and crisps with low carbs as all snacks, seems to work for me and readings rarely go over 9.0

I replace chocolate with 90% cocoa choc now as its a nice snack for me.

anything fizzy or sweet will push your readings up.

I only use sugar stuff (jelly babies) when I hypo.
 
Sugar's a problem OK - but not just sugar - it's carbohydrates in general and the highly processed ones like sugar and flour are the worst. Hence anything made with flour is also iffy - bread cake biscuits pastry pasta. Spuds and parsnips are high carb. So is rice. So is a lot of fruit - bananas have shedloads and my T2 MIL described grapes as 'handy little bags of pure sugar'. Just because the type of sugar in fruit is actually called fructose and is natural - the body still treats it exactly the same as a tablespoon of self raising and just turns them both into glucose willy nilly. Most berries have a lower amount of fructose than other types of fruit.

What doesn't contain carb? Protein - so meat fish eggs and cheese are all perfectly OK, so are most veg that grow above ground although even cucumber (mostly water LOL) has a teeny amount, but who would ever eat enough sprouts or lettuce to get high carb? Not normal folk that's certain. Fat's carb free too.

You don't need to stop eating carbs entirely, in fact if you cut down too far too soon - you'll suffer more cos your body reacts like going cold turkey when you're addicted to eg heroin - so please don't try to cut em all out overnight. Just plod through your menu and reduce them as you go. A roast dinner - cut down the spuds and have extra veg, a bacon sandwich (or any sandwich) - remove the top slice of bread and fold the bottom one over on the filling.

At home you can do a number of things I shouldn't imagine oilrig kitchens would know about like swapping rice with cauliflower rice, or spaghetti with courgetti - you can still enjoy the curry or the Bolognese.

The easiest way to keep track of how you're doing is get and use a home testing kit and learn how much of what hoots your blood glucose off into space. If the doc hasn't prescribed one - the cheapest on to buy for yourself is the SD Codefree meter and strips available on the internet.

All sounds daunting at first of course - but so does your job to me - an office wallah !
 
If you are a type two and lucky then just slowing the influx of carbs until you get normal numbers should do the trick.
Carbs are such things as pastry, pasta, potatoes, breakfast cereals, anything sugary - such as fruit should also be avoided until you see just how much you can tolerate and have normal numbers.
I am on diet only control despite being diagnosed with Hba1c of 91, but I am both lucky and determined.
 
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